Taxon profile
species
Deshayesiella spicata (Berry, 1919)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Polyplacophora - chitons » order Lepidopleurina » family Leptochitonidae » genus Deshayesiella
ID: 1144495
pID: 1144494
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2015-02-16 21:53:06 - User Ondřej Zicha
Data last updated: 2021-02-24 12:55:18
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[[t:1144495;<em>Deshayesiella spicata</em>]] (Berry, 1919)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1144495/"><em>Deshayesiella spicata</em></a>
pID: 1144494
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2015-02-16 21:53:06 - User Ondřej Zicha
Data last updated: 2021-02-24 12:55:18
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1144495/
Text function: [[t:1144495;<em>Deshayesiella spicata</em>]]
[[t:1144495;<em>Deshayesiella spicata</em>]] (Berry, 1919)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1144495/"><em>Deshayesiella spicata</em></a>
Images
Author: Clark, R.
Taxon in country check-lists*
Pacific Ocean, North America: Canada, Mexico, United States of America (California, Oregon, Washington)
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 120240
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2022-12-29 17:57:56 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 120240
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Created: 2022-12-29 17:57:56 - User Delsing Jan
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Diagnosis. Moderately large chitons, 25-35 mm; uniformly brown in color, valves strongly "false beaked" (juga forward projecting); girdle with scattered, sharp spicules. Habitat Lives at 20-467 m on rocky and coral/sponge bottoms. In the northern extreme of its range this species lives on vertical rock walls with abundant sponges and corals at depths of 20-35 m.
Distribution. Vancouver, British Columbia to the Sea of Cortez.
Occurrence. Very rare, known so far in the Salish Sea from only two specimens (leg. Robert & Tammy Forsyth, 1995).
Distribution. Vancouver, British Columbia to the Sea of Cortez.
Occurrence. Very rare, known so far in the Salish Sea from only two specimens (leg. Robert & Tammy Forsyth, 1995).
Clark, R., 2020. The shallow water chiton fauna of the Salish Sea.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Deshayesiella spicata (Berry, 1919)]Data retrieved on: 21 July 2015